Release Notes

We couldn't let our new web client be faster than our apps — uploads and downloads are now up to an order of magnitude faster than before.

Highly recommended update!

• Faster cloud uploads and downloads, with fewer background requests while waiting for files
• Group sharing made simpler: when a group owner has a subscription, members can send to the group without their own subscription, following the group's sharing rules
• More reliable purchases and restores on Apple
• Lifetime Pro owners are protected from accidentally unlinking their device
• iOS: devices and groups you share with can now appear as suggestions in the share sheet
• iOS and Android 13+: better detection of missing notification permissions, with a new prompt when the system allows it
• Linux: share selected files from the browser to a device or group
• Browse and extract more archives, including .tar, .tar.gz, .tar.xz, .tar.bz2, and app packages such as MSIX, IPA, and JAR
• Open app packages with your system's installer or another app from the file browser
• File browser and viewer translations now cover all 13 supported languages and regional variants
• File browser: larger, clearer icons and two-line filenames make files easier to spot
• File viewer: see file size, last modified date, and image dimensions right below the filename, with details you can select and copy
• Videos now open with the toolbar hidden, and controls fade away while you watch
• Web clients now have their own device icon, making them easier to recognize

• Cloud transfers order of magnitude improvements
• Desktop apps: Minimize to tray/menu bar now default setting
• Edge-to-edge improvements
• Light mode fix in file browser
• Bugfixes

• Icon view added to file browser
• Bugfixes and improvements

• Direct support for images, videos, text, markdown, PDFs and zip files
• Select, rename, move, delete
• Organize received items into folders
• Improved sharing on Android and iOS
• Bugfixes and improvements

• Cloud transfers now require a subscription.

• Windows: push notifications, including when app is closed
• Windows: removed unnecessary location permissions
• Windows: fix foregrounding from tray bug

• Windows app released to Microsoft App Store
• Windows app auto-update points to Microsoft Store
• You can safely uninstall Filie downloaded from here and preserve settings
• Windows (and Linux) now have special pricing available in-app

• Desktop receive location for Windows and Linux
• Add link support to open groups
• Fix bug in a dependency

• New Groups! Use Filie to send photos to a group of friends. Just give them a link to join! Owners can collect photos from members and then distribute them to everyone.
• Even latecomers receive all photos
• Enjoy the new History screen (with thumbnails) available from the main menu
• Restore Groups settings
• Last but not least, auto addback: when someone uses your favorite link or QR code, you are added to theirs, and they're automatically added to your favorites

• Linux: filie:// deep link protocol support
• Linux: Single instancing
• Linux: Open With... support

• New History screen — look back at everything you've sent and received
• Linked devices can now see the device that invited them

• Filie is now on Linux — install from the Nettica linux repositories
• Android: new setting to add devices to favorites automatically once you approve them
• Windows: drag-and-drop thumbnails and copied text now behave correctly

• New setting to add devices to favorites automatically once you approve them
• iOS and macOS releases

• Filie now sits in the system tray on desktop, ready whenever you need it
• Transfers now tell you how long they took
• Manage your linked devices from Settings — see them all, remove any of them
• Windows: notifications when a transfer arrives
• Windows: launching Filie again brings your existing window forward instead of opening a second one
• Groups stay in sync across every member — delete a group and it's gone everywhere

• Dramatically faster transfers — local transfers now reach 200–300 Mbps, and cloud transfers more than 50 Mbps
• Large files now transfer reliably on older and slower devices
• Windows: transfer sounds no longer cut out

• New setting: save received photos and videos straight to your Photos library
• New setting: auto-accept transfers, so sends from people you trust arrive without a tap
• You now see progress while files are being prepared, not just while they send — thank you to everyone who asked for this
• Progress shows on home screen sends too
• Invite a device to your favorites by email
• Group membership now stays securely in sync for everyone in the group
• More reliable deep links, receiving, and local transfers
• Fixed a problem with update notifications

• Filie now speaks twelve languages — English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew, Japanese, Bengali, and Indonesian
• Send to a whole Group at once, or receive from one
• Bug fixes and performance improvements
• Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows releases

• Deep links — open transfers and favorite devices straight from a link
• Add a favorite device by scanning a QR code
• Crash reporting, so we find the rough edges before you have to report them
• iOS, macOS, Windows, and Android releases

• Cloud mode stays on between sessions — set it once
• When a local connection fails, Filie now offers to send it over the cloud instead
• Android: push notifications now arrive reliably
• Fixed Android pending-purchase handling

• Android: fixed a crash when signing in to Google Drive to back up your Filie settings
• Updated dependencies

• Improved Android startup performance

• Android stability fix on release

• Fixed a crash when opening the file picker
• Windows release

• macOS: fixed universal links

• Drag and drop in cloud mode
• Native image picker on macOS
• Windows release

• Android release with stability fixes

• End-to-end deep links on iOS and macOS
• Sender reconnects automatically when returning to the app for code-based transfers
• New splash screen
• Apple review fixes

• QR codes for quick connections
• Transfer sounds

• Removed legacy code for a leaner, faster app
• Apple platform updates
• Windows release

• Major performance improvements (Impeller rendering, single Flutter engine)
• Drag and drop on Windows
• Fixed IP address detection

• Android settings backup
• Preserve device identity across reinstalls
• Refreshed notification icon

• Send to and receive from nearby strangers
• Encrypted send-by-code cloud transfers
• Hardened network recovery
• Fixed Windows launch

• Cloud transfers with push notifications for offline receivers
• Subscriptions
• Cloud and LAN transfer tray with progress
• Signed LAN discovery
• About and license page

• Initial release — secure cross-platform file transfer for iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows
• WireGuard userspace tunnel
• Drag and drop, share extensions, and Windows SendTo